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Sysadmin-Devops
Add etckeeper
April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Add etckeeper git remote for pushing on commit
April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson4 minutes
Netboot Alpine Linux using iPXE
It can be especially useful to use network booting to create virtual machines without using install media on the VM. To do that we netboot with iPXE.
July 9, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
restic/rest-server install & configure
A guide to using `rest-server` top host repositories for `restic`-based backups, on a system running Alpine Linux.
April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute
Add man pages and other on-system docs
April 28, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute
Kernel and hardware notes
Setting kernel parameters for hardware and OS tweaks
April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson0 minutes
Guides for setting kernel parameters
A collection of information on setting kernel parameters for Alpine Linux, that applies to most devices (with minor variations)
April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes
Hardware-specific tweaks and configuration
Tweaks to the kernel and system settins for Alpine Linux with specific hardware, including the configuration of packages and kernel parameters"
April 29, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson1 minute
Partitioning on the Linux command line (CLI)
Various methods of partitioning storage media on the Linux command line (CLI), for BIOS and UEFI (msdos or gpt disk labels).
May 1, 2022 by Daniel F Dickinson3 minutes
The problem with thin (pools & volumes)
Linux LVM thin pools and volumes initially seem to be a great way maximize the use of hard drive space by using only the space that is actually allocated to files. There is a major fly in the ointment though. Thin pools cannot be reduced in size.
February 21, 2021 by Daniel F Dickinson2 minutes